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On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

The world’s hottest pepper resembles an inappropriate scorpion tail. The surface is crinkled and oily with a loud red color, its seeds rate an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units — beating out the previous titleholder, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, by more than 300,000 units.

Tested by Winthrop University throughout 2012, the Carolina Reaper grown by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Co. in South Carolina earned itself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records last month. The Associated Press reports that the record is for the hottest batch of Currie’s peppers tested, filed as HP22B, or “Higher Power, Pot No. 22, Plant B.” The hottest individual Carolina Reaper of the lot weighed in at 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units.

Read more at http://foodbeast.com/2013/12/27/the-worlds-hottest-pepper-is-grown-in-south-carolina/#TBVbKmYCLLEAJOGD.99


Just interesting.

12/28/2013 11:46:13 AM

Sourthern Utah

this is great news,, marv thanks for the info and post,, wow,,

12/28/2013 1:20:25 PM

Dorval,Quebec

Put a bit of that in bar food and you'll sell a lot of beer...

12/28/2013 2:58:26 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

Where can I get some seeds!!!!

12/29/2013 12:42:24 PM

Sourthern Utah

pumpkineer,, if the seed i got grow good,, i will be more than happy to send you some,, 1st time i've grown these.. curt

12/29/2013 4:46:04 PM

Linden, Mi.,

I would love to have some of those seeds as well
If at all possible.

12/29/2013 8:15:00 PM

Sourthern Utah

men i will make a post after season,, if there are fruit and seed,, more than welcome to some,,

12/29/2013 8:21:51 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

Thanks Curt

12/30/2013 5:24:48 AM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

The PGPGA online auction will feature seeds from the 4 hottest peppers incl. the Reaper on Jan. 12. The seeds were donated by Marv.

12/30/2013 8:15:43 AM

South Hero, VT

Has anyone died from eating one of these yet? Ghost peppers are hot enough to choke you to death. Anything hotter should be illegal.

12/30/2013 5:15:16 PM

Roselle, IL GJGEM@sbcglobal.net

http://www.pepperjoe.com/ Joe has all the Super Hots

12/31/2013 4:21:20 PM